DOMINIC KIVUVA MUAMBI vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 140 (KLR)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

CRIMINAL DIVISION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.56 OF 2002

(From Original Conviction and Sentence in Criminal case

No.688 of 2001 of the Chief Magistrate’s Court at Nairobi)

DOMINIC KIVUVA MUAMBI……………………….APPELLANT

VERSUS

REPUBLIC…………………………………………..RESPONDENT

J U D G M E N T

The appellant was convicted of robbery, contrary section 296(1), P.C. The appeal is only against the sentence.

I note that the complainant was not at all injured in the course of the robbery.

The appellant’s previous conviction was in 1985 and it is for ignoring. He was in remand for over two years.

The prison sentence is reduced to 15 months imprisonment. The order for one stroke stands.

Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 11th day of April, 2002.

V.V. PATEL JUDGE